Top 10 Underappreciated Community Fish You Need to Try
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Long Fin Rosy Barb
1:43 - Odessa Barb
2:36 - Bolivian Ram Fish
3:50 - Columbian Blue Tetra
5:02 - Pearl Gourami
5:40 - Black Phantom Tetra
6:27 - Leopard Danio Fish
7:02 - Congo Tetra
7:57 - White Cloud Minnow Fish
8:53 - Kribensis Cichlids
9:58 - My Top 10 Underappreciated Community Fish
10:26 - Outro
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*What's your favorite underappreciated fish for a community tank?* If you're looking for a centerpiece fish for that community, try one of these: ua-cam.com/video/Iinv7wWjhzA/v-deo.html
Raphael cats...pretty, stay on the smaller side, little dinosaurs
I feel mollies, platies, swoed tails are underrated considering how easy they are and bright colors different patterns they are available.
Danios....
keyhole cichlid
Hey guys just found your channel been growing and raising fish since I was 8. Now in my 40s love all the 411 you guys share. I just moved to Ft. Lauderdale from Texas and looking to find some local breeders you reccomend. I'm finding a bunch of koi and cichlids in the area. But would like to find more of these guppies you have in this video. Any info you feel you can share would be greatly appreciated..👍
Sunday’s are always good because you know the coop is going to upload
I really dig my pygmy corydoras...I "settled" on them one day because my fish store didn't have the shrimp I was looking for. After keeping them for almost 2 years now, they're one of my favorite fish...great clean-up crew and I think it's great that they hangout on the tops of leaves and on top the sponge filter, it's like every day is a chill day at the beach for them, lol
I 100% agree that the white cloud is under appreciated. Sold as feeders in lots of store. They are soo pretty.
100% agree, very sad they are sold as feeder fish!
Fish extinct in the wild sold as feeder fish. Now I've seen everything
I've been keeping fish for over 40 years and I am rarely without a tank with white clouds. I've kept them outdoors in a small pond in summer, too (Chicagoland).
I recently started getting back into the hobby ( after stopping when i was 12) now 20 haha… i built a small rocky scape with some plants for White Clouds as soon as i saw them in store- so lively when theyre happy, cool to feed & most definitely a great started fish AND jaw dropping to say the least!
Just have to pile on the love for Congo Tetras they are so beautiful in planted tanks and constantly active without being hyper
Just picked up some white cloud mountain minnows for my shrimp tank and they are stunning, good shout Cory 👍
I love my white clouds... the first fish I put in with my betta.
Agree 100% on the gold white clouds. Also, they're harder to find, but the Vietnamese white cloud is a very beautiful fish. They are slightly smaller and the fins on the males are pretty spectacular.
Couldn't agree more with Pearl Gourammis, I absolutely adore mine. They are my 'show fish' much friendlier and easier than some other show fish and absolutely gorgeous, especially the males.
I have one in a community tank with a betta. I was worried it would bother him but she’s really peaceful
I had one for years and years in a 29 gallon; absolutely gorgeous fish. Kept it with khulis and cherry barbs
I love the long finned rosy barbs - they have the good looks of a goldfish without out so many complications to keeping them.
Neat and nice😍
9/10 times when a new fishkeeper thinks they want a goldfish for their beginner setup the actual fish they should be keeping is rosy barbs or white clouds, no joke. People need to get these fish's names out there.
@@FishFosh That's how it went for me. I thought of goldfish, but while my tank was cycling I did some more research and went for long fin rosy barbs :). My favourite thing about them is how social they are, they come to the front glass, they take food from hands, etc. The only thing I don't like about them is their violent mating, each time they spawn the females end up with shredded fins, missing scales, etc. Usually it all ends well, but one female recently died because she lost too many scales on her belly and it got infected. Right now another female has missing scales on the same exact spot - so far she seems healthy, but it worries me.
@@V1kte maybe try bring the ratio of females up a bit in comparison to males. Like 2 to 3 girls for each boy.
@@nabeeldraws506 My tank is fully stocked and I have 3 males, so I can't reach that ratio without overstocking it or giving away at least one male.
I LOVE THE BOLIVIAN RAM. There cheep. Hardy. And small. It’s also a much more rewarding fish when you see their colors get vibrant It’s make you feel like your doing a good job again.
Agee, it's just a shame they never look as stunning in the stores as they do once they have had a few weeks to settle in back at home!!
Bolivian rams are my favorite ram. They are so pretty and personality for days! Congo tetras are one of my favorite tetras, gorgeous! Great list!
I have long fin leopard danios in my community tank, they are beautiful!!! Super fast, very playful!!
In the future it would be cool if you did top 5 small catfish
•pygmy drift wood cat
•south american bumblebee cat
•dwarf anchor cat
•pygmy corydoras
•honey comb cat
I love Dwarf anchor catfish, but here in the UK they're next to impossible to find, apparently we only get a few import per year.
Banjo Catfish are a good small-ish oddball catfish too if you don't mind something that you might not see every day as they bury themselves
Gold spot dwarf pleco, its a catfish i think
Or am i dumb
@@kajca63 it is technically a catfish but usually books articles and online stores will have a seperate column for plecos. Just like barbs and danios for example. They are in the same family but just different groups
Upside down catfish are my faves!
Well you just answered it... lol
I keep 3 of the fish on this list, the rosy barb, the pear gourami, and the Bolivian ram
“They’re all amazing and I really love fish.” This made me chuckle. Cory and the gang: you guys are awesome, and I really love fish too.
White clouds,especially the gold! People come to see my tanks and fall in love with them!
I love pearl gouramis!! They look incredible under a good light!
Sometime I have to take a break from this channel because Cory gives more excellent recommendations than I have room for tanks and fish!
Agreed!!! Between Cory’s recommendation and the gorgeous photography you end up wanting ALL of them !! Lol
Thank you Cory for all of your education, insight, straightforward honesty, realness and willingness to put people in their place. I love your “you do you” perspective.
I'm really excited about the Longfin Rosy Barb. I think I want to start a pond for them.
"Congo tetras get about this big"
* Camera doesn't show Corey *
-_- oops
he said about "that" big not this.
Cory first off i wanted to say thank you for your excitement about the longfin rosy barb; it got me so excited for them i went out and cleaned the local petsmart of its longfin rosy barbs! they only had 4 but they are going to be my first fish in my 20 long to eat up all the bad algae as it continues to grow in. thank you so much for all of your videos, i even talked with the petsmart employee about why i chose them and he also has watched this video. amazing! thanks!
I’m always learning new things on this channel! Thanks for taking the time to add time stamps to your vids
9:15 Oh man I wasn't expecting that.
I find that leopard danios look really cool when I mix them with regular zebra danios. They’re the same species so they all school together, and the contrast really brings out the beauty in both. I have a school of 4 leopards and 2 zebras and they’re so much fun.
Adding more species to my bucket list.
Such a good top 10! So many under appreciated fish! Awesome video!!
Coincidentally I just bought a school of leopard danios and have been on the hunt for Odessa barbs.
I love these "Top 10" videos! Thank you Cory
a community tank is something that I'd love to have when I have the space, so much fun to watch the action in a planted tank
Thanks for some more great ideas! I'm in the middle of setting up my next tank and undecided on what I want to keep in it. This gives me a lot more to consider.
I’m glad you talked about Bolivian rams. They are such fun fish. I’m working up to a 55 gallon to put 6-8 of those in along with a schooling tetra and some otos. It will look so good.
I am feeling the pinch of my 29 gallon limitations on this one too! Should start an official dream list for a future 55 or 75 gallon...
I love that I have both of those barbs in my tank, I adore them
I sort of became accidental fish keeper or rather surrogate parent to some bad husbandry fishkeeping, but checking out the uncommon community fish are so cool! I currently house guppies in a 20 gallon, but have additional 10 gals lying around so I wanted put some of these among my watchlist. Thank you Cory for the recommends. Love your channel!!! I also bought liquid fertilizer for my plants from you guys with a the Murphy sticker haha. I had to check out the Mbu puffer, he's a star!
Pearl gouramis are stunning fish....I had one as my "centrepiece" in my 29 gallon...lived happily with glowlight tetras and panda corys
Love the co-op and barbs! They are so active!
I always look forward to Aquarium Co-op videos. Never know what to expect!
I was already set on getting Congo Tetras as one of the main fish in my new 55 gallon tank. Now I'm even more sold! They're beautiful and I can't wait to see a school of them swimming around in a planted tank with nice black gravel! I might consider a Pearl Gourami or two as well after watching this.
I’m starting to diversify my community tank and this is very helpful.
Them Bolivian Rams are gorgeous!! Definitely looking into them. Thanks for sharing Cory. As always great video and great advice.
I’ve recently taken to Congo tetras recently. Thanks for the video.
Wicked quick!! This was another great vid and I will be using that term from now on xx
Very nice video I love white clouds. Thanks Cory for Recommending these awesome fish.
Love that this video is based off quality of life for the fish and ownership vs. just ownership. A true master of the craft.... experience speaks volumes.
I love Congo tetras and the Kribensis! I work in a pet store where we have both, and a lot other fish as well. Now I've been taking care of our aquariums and learned a lot, and also got my favourites, so I'm reading as much as possible, planning to get an aquarium later this year. Hopefully with Kribensis and Congo tetras. I really want a beautiful aquarium and also look a lot for aquascaping. I hope it all will turn into something beautiful once I have my fishes :)
I have gold/sunset mountain minnows in my two wine barrel ponds outside. They show up better than the regular mountain minnows from above and they colour up nicely from the sun. As a bonus they keep mosquitoes to zero. If you’re thinking of mountain minnows for outside ponds, I back Cory’s recommendation for getting gold ones 👍🏻
Love you guys!!! Keep up the knowledge!!
Got both clouds and Dannios in my tank. Love the little shows they put on 🥰
Cory thank you for all your great content. You are so great for our community I really appreciate you and your team!!!
I second that!☺️
Thanks Ed!!! :)
Would love to see a video on plants, wanting my next tank to be fully planted.
Good to see the Congo tetras make the list! I’ve got a small shoal in my 125
The Pearl Gourami is my favourite fish, they have an amazing pattern and they shimmer in so many different colours under good lighting.
Lemon Tetras too are amazing. Such personality and great colouring in a small fish. I love keeping them with Cardinals
Nice video Corry!
I've been eyeing some longfin rosy barbs at my lfs, I'll take this as a sign to get them!
Great video! Nice footage. One of my favorite underrated fish is trigonostigma espei, or lambchop rasbora. They hang out mostly at the top but are fine getting food at the bottom of my 45 Tall. They breed easily and they're sturdy. They have brilliant color, and they're very chill. Some of my fish are still alive from my initial order from Rachel O'Leary in 2017! They've been breeding happily ever since and I only do basic tank maintenance, no fancy extra effort to maintain the plants. They are FUN to watch!!
I really love my golden white clouds - I think they are my favorite fish even with all the other neat corydoras and tetras I have. So low maintenance and hardy and have fun flaring and mating behavior too!
I totally agree about white clouds. I have the gold and the regular (plain). Both have beautiful color and I don't understand why they aren't more popular.
Amazing watching this and 5 of these is in my 65gal community planted tank!!
Totally agree on the Odessa barb. The green, red, and silver pops. And they're not at all aggressive. Very hardy and can be kept in a variety of water parameters.
Thanks for the info it's always enjoyable to to the Sunday videos.
I just got myself some Bolivians and I absolutely adore them. I didn't even remotely intend to pick up any kind of Ram when I went into the shop because my parameters/temperature don't fit any of the "popular" Rams. I was basically just telling the shopkeeper "well I'm looking for something similar to Rams but there is no way I can actually keep Rams," and then he showed me the Bolivians and they perfectly fit my water parameters which none of the others do.
Literally, 1 minute after I put them in my tank they already colored up some and went up to the glass-front to inspect me. Threw in some food and they immediately started chowing down on it and after that, they went exploring every inch of the tank.
Such amazing, outgoing, peaceful fish!
I absolutely LOVE Rams and Kribs! I haven't seen Kribs in years and I can't remember last I saw Bolivian Rams. These guys are definitely under appreciated!
Longfin Rosy Barbs keep my Fantail Goldfish company. They're awesome fish.
Love black phantoms and black skirt tetras. All Danios are fun. Gold white clouds are great as they stand out across the room even though small.
My favorite are White Clouds. I have them right now and they are a fun fish! Thanks for this list. It gives me a few more ideas of fish to try.
I had the opportunity to keep a small group of Bolivian Rams several years ago and I have to say, they've become my favorite species of South American Dwarf Cichlids due to the ease of keeping and due to the fact they look more like the larger species of Earth-eater. It's a shame fish stores in my area don't sell them that often.
once you see these fish in person, they look 10x better. neon rosey bars are like shimmery rose gold. beautiful! and omg longfin leopard danios are gorgeous!
i had not seen these in person and when i finally did i was mesmerized. you need a decent size school to really take in the beauty
Yes!! I love my white clouds! They’re super chill with my betta and I love it
As always, great info.!!!
4:16 i'm fan of those colombian tetra's, almost look like mini piranha's. Hopefully i will have a tank soon where i can start with these amazing fish!
I love my kribensis!!!!! The colour on my female is absolutely popping and she’s always up to something 😎
Great video. Literally love all the choices. Now I just got to figure out which fish will look really good in my 60 gallon tall tank with corys
Best channel for tropical planted tanks for sure.
great ideas as always. hope to get some now, depending on my LFS
Welcome to the berm club.
I never realized that some of these were so cool looking. Thanks for sharing!
I have Odessa Barbs. They really are stunning in person.
Love the look of all the different kribs.
Been waiting for a topic like this :)
I know its cliche but I love the top 10 format. Everyone: get Odessa barbs ASAP! I waited >1yr for Greg Sage to have some for sale and its totally worth it. Super good fish in my livebearer community tank. They don't even eat fry (or not a noticable amount).
Those are some nice shoaling fish.. there’s times when I kept cichlids i wish I would have had hundreds of smaller fish. IMO it captures the eyes better when you have several fish moving in different directions. 😊
I know this is a several year old video, but I have some Venesuelan reds that I absoutely love. They are a delight to watch rummage through the substrate for snacks.
Planning on starting an indoor pond soon! Thanks for the suggestions :P
Appreciate your videos. Thank you.
i really loved my Odessas too ... but they had the greenish gray to them, not all orangey red. REALLY active fish too!!!
Very nice list. I agree with everything except the Congo Tetras. I loved them until I actually kept them myself. They are easily the most disruptive fish I've kept in any community tank. I had 3 very mature pairs, and the males were constantly racing back and forth sparing each other. They would spin around and mess up the plants trying to impress the females. They would also spawn every day even though the conditions weren't ideal for them. I thought that was great until I actually tried to breed them. Once out of the community tank and in the breeding tanks they stayed stressed out, and I eventually lost a pair. They couldn't handle being alone in pairs. I know people love them, but I doubt I will ever keep them again.
I love white clouds! They are awesome in a summer tub!
Another great video, Cory.
Mine would be Giant Danios they color up so nicely when they mature with orange and blue. I love how they school. I looked past them so many times and now they're one of my favorites.
I’ve been really looking at rams lately. Been trying to find some in my area. Hopefully i can come across some soon.
Leopard danios are the most dramatic and fun to feed,
Completely agree about the white clouds awesome fish
I have a 75 with Congo tetras and Kribensis. Both are very beautiful and fun to watch! The kribensis are really great when you have more than a dozen females constantly showing their bellies trying to compete for two males. These are two great fish!
Long fin rosy barbs and congo tetras were never something i thought i would start the hobby with. But we bought a 52g tank from someone who couldnt keep fish anymore and i’m so in love with all the fish that came with it
Another branch of barb are the long fin green tiger barbs. I bought 2 for 10 each, fully grown and chunky and they look amazing. They do chase each other sometimes but that's because I need more. Now the thing is that I have not seen them other than that one time I bought them. I've asked many local fish stores about them and they're currently rare. I'm just waiting until I can get a small school of them and I'm sure they'll look amazing.
I’ve been a strict New World cichlid fish keeper since forever. My wife talked me into a barb tank...got roseys, green tigers, and glo tigers. Loving the movement and activity, we’re going to add a few albino tigers to the mix.
Gold barbs are the greatest. Get a school of them and see what I mean.
Some of my favorite overlooked fish- Daisy’s blue ricefish, gold white clouds, curviceps cichlids for their blue color and great personality, green neons, praecox rainbows, lampeye killifish, and green fire tetras. If you have the right setup for any of these fish they can be absolutely gorgeous.
Kribensis are awesome and so under appreciated. I have 1 full size adult beautiful female living with rainbows and barbs. No on bothers her and she bothers no one. Plus they are very adventurous fish that always want to know what's going on.
Great video and so many awesome fish!
I think I just channeled my inner Cory... literally just restocked my 75 gallon about 3 days ago with 14 phantom tetra, 10 pristella tetra, 14 corydora paleatus, and 3 pearl gourami. Was planning on adding bolivian rams next haha
Really love those conga tetras and white clouds